Book number 8 is Home Before Dark by Charles Maclean and is published by Hodder. Its is available from amazon in both hardback and paperbackIt's the news every parent dreads, Ed Lister's world and marriage began to fall apart the day he hears his daughter has been murdered in Italy. A year later, with the police inquiry showing no sign of catching the killer, Ed makes a vows to find Sophie's murderer himself. This takes him on to a mysterious website -- and on to the trail of its owner, Ward, a charming, charismatic, brilliant psychopath. The search for Ward follows a murderous trail across Europe and on to America. Its then that the question arises: is Ed the hunter, or the hunted?
Now I must be honest this took a while to get going and stay going, In the beginning I almost put it back on the book case a couple of times, but decided to stick with it, and I'm glad I did as the last quarter of the book is as good as any thriller by James Patterson.
Home Before Dark, has a web address within the book that Ed, and his cyber detective go to, to try and catch the killer of Ed's daughter -Sophie. To both the writer and the publishers credit, the site is available for real and looks just the way its described in the book -with maybe a couple of extra links. Its detail like that which makes this book as good as it is, the attention to detail is great, its just the right amount, enough to keep you in the story but not so much that it slows it down, after all your on the trail of a murderer...or is he on your trail?
'Utterly gripping - the best thriller of the Internet age I have ever read. It lures you into the seductive world of the chat-room, where nothing is quite what it seems' -Magnus Linklater
